3 point rear blade

[Dennis T.]

I decided to taylor make my own six foot three point blade for my B-3000.

 

[Stumpy]

Looks nice! What alloy did you use for the edge?

 

[Dennis T.]

Looks nice! What alloy did you use for the edge?

Grade A-36 Mild Steel. Could have used the harder road grader material, but with my limited useage I could not justify the cost .

 

[Dennis T.]

Here is the first trial run to make some needed corrections like a jack stand and additional ballast to be effective as a graderblade before the final Kubota Orange paint gets sprayed on. The unit will weigh in at around 400 pounds and is built like a Sherman Tank .

One unique feature, the blade is set back far enough on the tongue to completely swivel around without hitting the back tractor tires and then can be locked and used to push or back fill a dirt pile into a hole.

 

[Lil Foot]

I like it! Great looking welds, nice tractor, too!

 

[Stumpy]

That's nice piece of work Dennis! You're a much cleaner welder than I am

Yeah mild steel is a bit soft for a grader edge but in light duty should last longer than you need to worry about.

 

[tiredguy]

Awesome job of both engineering and good looking welds too.
One thing about the grader blade material you didn't use, you can always add it later to the front edge if you do have a need for it and it will add additional weight then too.
Al

 

[Dennis T.]

The finishing touches were put my rear blade today; 150 pounds of ballast welded to the top of blade, the blade flame cut to a sharp edge and jack stand added.

Enjoy !

 

[magicheater]

Looks like you did a great job, always more satisfaction when you "made it yourself"! I would use a hardened pin instead of what I see as a grade 3 bolt in the keeper hole....

 

[Stumpy]

Ain't that the truth! When I was learning the lathe I spend $60 in tooling and materials and about 12 hours to make a pneumatic actuator for a paintball gun that I could have bought for $20 Still one of my favorite things I've made.

I approve of the color. Looks good Denis.

 

[Dennis T.]

Here's the finished product, Thanks for the kind words.

 

[Kubota_Man]

That is a work of art. Can you extend it futher out or bring it in? What about rotating the ends up or down? Either way you have completed a fine tool

 

[Dennis T.]

That is a work of art. Can you extend it futher out or bring it in? What about rotating the ends up or down? Either way you have completed a fine tool

Thanks Again, I was in the shop this afternoon, here is a Commercial built 'Land Pride' of equal cost.... just for comparison sake.

 

[Dennis T.]

Had three and three quarters inches of rain this afternoon, the ground softened up nice....and the blade works well ! Sorry about the color match, I'll do better next time.

Enjoy !